Ioan Dicezare

Deceased Person

1916 – 2012

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Who was Ioan Dicezare?

Ioan Dicezare was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. He was born and died in Bucharest.

On 22 April 1943 Dicezare engaged a Soviet bomber formation and shot down one A-20 Boston, which fell behind Axis lines. He then returned to the airfield and took the group's liaison Bf-108 Taifun. He landed near the crash site and took the pilot and the observer prisoner.

In over 500 combat operations He was credited with 16 confirmed victories in aerial combat.

Dicezare died on 10 August 2012, 2 days before his 96th birthday. He was the last survivor of ”Grupul 7 Vânătoare” pilots who managed to escape the Stalingrad encirclement.

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Born
Aug 12, 1916
Bucharest
Died
2012
Bucharest

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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